Gneus (Slavs)

Gneus was a West Slavic prince in Mecklenburg or Ostholstein in 1036.

He was the leader of a tribe of the Elbe Slavs in the sphere of influence of the Duchy of Saxony . He was mentioned in 1036 when he appeared with Prince Anadrog as a vassal in Hamburg to Duke Bernhard II of Saxony . No further information about him has come down to us.

It has been assumed that the mention of Gneus by Adam von Bremen is only about the final syllable -gnew of a mutilated name and that this refers to Pribignew, which was handed down in Saxo Grammaticus and was called Uto (Udo) by Adam after his Christian baptismal name .

literature

Wolfgang H. Fritze: Problems of the abodritic tribal and imperial constitution and its development from a tribal state to a ruling state. In: Herbert Ludat (ed.): Settlement and constitution of the Slavs between the Elbe, Saale and Oder. W. Schmitz, Gießen 1960, pp. 141-219, here p. 163.

Remarks

↑ Bernhard Schmeidler: Hamburg-Bremen and Northeast Europe from the 9th to 11th centuries: Critical studies on the Hamburg church history of Adam of Bremen, on Hamburg documents and on Nordic and Wendish history. Dietrich, Leipzig 1918, p. 327.

personal data
SURNAME	Gneus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	West Slavic prince in Mecklenburg or Ostholstein 1036
DATE OF BIRTH	10th century or 11th century
DATE OF DEATH	after 1036

[1] Bernhard Schmeidler: Hamburg-Bremen and Northeast Europe from the 9th to 11th centuries: Critical studies on the Hamburg church history of Adam of Bremen, on Hamburg documents and on Nordic and Wendish history. Dietrich, Leipzig 1918, p. 327.